. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/135 
20 November 2009  
 (09-5779) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health (MOH) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Process(ed) cheese 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  National Standard of the People's Republic of China:  
Process(ed) Cheese  Language:  Chinese  Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  This standard applies to the pr oduction, circulation, supervision 
and management of process(ed) cheese.  It sp ecifies the terms and definitions, technical 
requirements, food additives and nutrition fo rtifier, as well as the requirements of 
production process, packaging, labelling, stor age, transportation and testing method for 
process(ed) cheese. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Not equivalent to Codex Stan 285 -1978 Codex general standard 
for named variety process(ed) ch eese and spreadable process(ed) cheese , Codex 
Stan 286-1978 Codex general standard for proc ess(ed) cheese and spreadable 
process(ed) cheese , Codex Stan 287-1978 Codex general standard for process(ed) 
cheese preparations (process(ed) chee se food and process(ed) cheese spread ) 
established by Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/CHN/135 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: